I'm currently reading Gordon MacKenzie's delightful book, Orbiting the Giant Hairball. Chapter 19 is the shortest, most insightful chapter I have read in some time. I will repeat it in its entirety for your reading pleasure:

Orville Wright did not have a pilot's license.

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On the same track, David Letterman asked one of his guests “How did you know so much about computers then?” The lady replied “I didn’t. It was the first one.”
That same amazing lady also made the following unlearning related comment.
“Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, “We’ve always done it this way.” I try to fight that. That’s why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.”
That lady was Admiral Grace M. Hopper.